Japan sales (Week 13): Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - March 26- April 1, 2018

[MasterThief]

outlawauron said:

MasterThief said:

that was the case with all Japanese released not named MHW. Japan is just not interested in consoles unless they get the biggest titles

 

they want final fantasy, they want dragon quest, they want  kingdom hearts etc. the other problem is that a lot of these games that used to be only on playstation platform are now also on PC.  so it ends up being whatever 

 

Japan is no longer a major region for Sony. what was the last japanese focused first party title. must been like rogue galaxy?

PC releases have absolutely zero impact on Japanese sales. There is less of a market on PC than there is for Vita and 3DS in Japan.

As far successes on PS4, there are several games that have sold way beyond expectation. While they may not be producing the numbers of MHW, doesn't change the fact that they're very satisfied. Sony has spent the dedicated time on developing Japan first party titles as their only big studio is Polyphony Digital whom makes the GT series. That hasn't stopped them from releasing Knack, The Last Guardian, Gravity Rush 2, or Everybody's Golf this generation. :-/

GT doesn't sell half what it used to. especially in Japan. again. Sony doesn't release first party titles for Japan anymore for a reason